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<P class="title"><A NAME="HELPSwK"></A>Switch <B>-K</B>  -  lock archive<hr></P>

<p>WinRAR cannot modify locked archives, so locking important archives prevents
their accidental modification by WinRAR. Such protection might be especially
useful in case of WinRAR commands processing archives in groups.</p>

<p>This switch is not intended or able to prevent modification by other tools
or willful third party. It implements a safety measure only for accidental
data change by WinRAR.</p>


<h1><B>Example</B></h1>

<p>Add srcfiles to final.rar and lock resulting archive</p>

<p class="sample">WinRAR a -k final.rar srcfiles</p>

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